Bo Ryan says he's Wisconsin's best defender

Bo Ryan says he's Wisconsin's best defender

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan thinks it’s pretty clear which of the Badgers is best defensively.

He is.

With his Badgers getting trampled by Oregon, Ryan got teed up at the end of the first half Saturday night. Oregon’s Joseph Young made the first free throw, but missed the second – one of the few shots that didn’t go down for the Ducks in the first half.

The Badgers went into the locker room trailing by 12, and Ryan said he “said a few things maybe in a little hyper state of mind.” He figured he needed to loosen them up before they went back out on the floor, so he asked who Wisconsin’s best defensive player was.

“Guys were looking at me,” Ryan said. “I said, `I’m the best defensive player in the room. I got a technical, they made their 14th straight free throw and then they missed the second one. I’m the only guy that got them to miss.’

“Some of the guys looked at me like, `Did he just say that?’”

It worked, though. Wisconsin rallied for an 85-77 win that sends the Badgers to the Sweet Sixteen.

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan thinks it’s pretty clear which of the Badgers is best defensively. He is. With his Badgers getting trampled (…)

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